Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer)

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rdf:langString Lloyd Jones (born 14 July 1951) is a poet, novelist and photographer. In 2002 he became the first person to walk completely around Wales, a journey of a thousand miles. Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lives at Abergwyngregyn and has formerly worked on a farm and as a newspaper editor, a lecturer and a mencap nurse. He writes in both Welsh and English. After almost dying from alcoholism he gave up drinking on 28 December 2001. He is a graduate of Bangor University, with a degree in Welsh and English literature.He has published the following books: * Mr Vogel (Seren, 2004), which was based partly on Jones' walk around Wales. It won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. * Mr Cassini (Seren, 2006), which was partially inspired by his walking across Wales in seven different directions. It won the Wales Book of the Year award in 2007. * My First Colouring Book (Seren, 2008), a collection of short stories and essays. * See How They Run (Seren, 2012), part of the Mabinogion series. * Y Dŵr (Y Lolfa, 2009) a novel about climate change, set in Wales. * Y Daith (Y Lolfa, 2014), a fantasy about a walking trip along Offa's Dyke. * Water (Y Lolfa, 2014), a translation of Y Dwr. * Fflur (Y Lolfa, 2019), a country romance. He has self-published the following books of poetry: * Secret Life of a Postman (2014) * Out With It (2016) * My life on Tlön (2017) * Collected Poems (2019) * Selected Poems (2019) He has also self-published the following volumes of essays: * Three Little Things Before I Go * When I'm 64 In addition, he has published the following: * Bron Haul – the croft on the moors (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, bilingual edition, 2011), a festschrift by three authors telling the story of a small moorland croft. * The Dream of the Mouse, a surreal comic novel. He has also translated a highly successful Welsh novel, O! Tyn y Gorchudd, by Angharad Price: * The Life of Rebecca Jones (MacLehose Press, 2014) He has also contributed chapters to: * Sing, Sorrow, Sorrow: Dark and Chilling Tales (Seren Books, 2010) * Un yn Ormod, a book about people who've experienced problems with alcohol (Y Lolfa, 2020) Photographic exhibitions: * People and Places I Wouldn't Have Seen if I'd Carried on Drinking at the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, from 18 January – 29 February 2020. * Byw yn y Wlad/Country Life at the Syr Henry Jones Museum, Llangernyw, Summer 2021. * Sobor o beth/Sober light of day at Storiel Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor, October –– December 2021.